Carbine has announced that it will be taking the WildStar servers offline for the final time on November 28th, 2018.
“When Carbine first started working on what would become WildStar back in 2005, the team set out to make something special that presented a different kind of MMORPG experience,” the developer wrote. “At launch, the Carbine team delivered a deep, engaging, and spectacularly fun game full of outlandish adventures on the most legendary planet in the universe. And it has been our great privilege to share those adventures with all of you over the last four years.”
Ahead of the shutdown, a final update has been released for the game that converts Protobucks to Omnibits at a 1:1 conversion, increases Omnibit drops, increases the Omnibit cap, makes it so all in-game store items can be purchased using Omnibits, and more. Read the list of changes below:
- Any Protobucks you have will be converted to Omnibits at a 1:1 conversion.
- Omnibit drops are being increased.
- The Omnibit cap has been raised substantially.
- All in-game store items will be purchasable with Omnibits.
- All seasonal store items and rotating costumes/mounts will be available on the store.
- All Signature Station items will be available on the regular store.
- Everyone will receive Signature status.
- Gear drops from Prime instances and raids have had their base ilevel increased higher than they normally would be.
- Primal Essence gain rates are being substantially increased.
- Select endgame reputations can be maxed out, letting you access everything the faction vendors have to offer.
- And more!
In addition, WildStar’s seasonal events will be returning between now and November 28th to give players one last chance to experience them. Take a look at the full schedule below:
September 26–November 28
Double XP, Glory Days, Power Prestige and PvP, and Blessing of Essence will be on from now until shutdown.
October 12–19
Residential Renovation, with the Battle Chase reward set available during this occurrence.
October 19–November 2
Jack Shade is back to fright and delight in Shade’s Eve.
November 9–23
Protostar’s Gala Winterfest Extravaganza is back for one, last, shopping frenzy.
November 24–27
Take to the skies (or at least a foot off the ground) in the zPrix Invitational!
November 28
Join us in-game for the final few hours as we have some fun. More details to come!
In terms of refunds, all real money purchases made after July 1st, 2018 will be refunded and prepaid Signature Memberships that still have time past September 28th will be refunded. All refunds will be processed by October 3rd.
“We are truly grateful for the vibrant community that grew around WildStar, and for all of your support throughout the life of this game,” Carbine added. “Our hope is that in these last couple months we can all celebrate the great adventures you’ve had on Planet Nexus—and have some fun along the way.
“Again, a most heartfelt thank you goes out from all of us to you for sharing this wild, intergalactic ride with us, and to helping make WildStar an experience that truly could not have been possible without you. Thank you.”
